Cleveland Fed President Loretta J. Mester discussed the case for gradually raising interest rates, signals from the yield curve, and the Fed's inflation goal in an August 24 appearance on Bloomberg TV. Mester was interviewed by Bloomberg's Michael McKee during the Kansas City Fed's annual conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Read More

Cleveland Fed President Loretta J. Mester explained her views on how fiscal policy, trade, and other issues impact economic growth in an August 24 interview with CNBC's Steve Liesman at the Kansas City Fed's annual policy symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Read More

Cleveland Fed President Loretta J. Mester talked about the value of studying economics, her own path in the field, and the importance of diverse points of view in economic decision-making in the podcast, which was recorded May 30 at the Cleveland bank. Read More

Cleveland Fed President Loretta J. Mester explained how employment, inflation, fiscal stimulus and geopolitical risks factor into her thinking about the economy and appropriate monetary policy in a May 30 interview at the bank with Greg Robb, of MarketWatch. Read More

Cleveland Fed President Loretta J. Mester discussed the policymaking and communications challenges posed by rising inflation and economic growth impacted by fiscal stimulus in a May 22 interview at the bank with Market News International. Read More

Cleveland Fed President Loretta J. Mester gave her views on economic conditions, the Fed policy path, and monetary policy normalization in a May 16 interview with Mark Schrörs, of Börsen-Zeitung, a financial markets news outlet, in Frankfurt, Germany. Read More

Cleveland Fed President Loretta J. Mester talked about the Federal Reserve’s progress on its dual mandate goals of price stability and maximum employment, and about trade and the value of transparency in monetary policy communications in a May 14 interview with CNBC’s Joumanna Bercetche in Paris. Read More

Cleveland Fed President Loretta J. Mester assessed the growth of the global economy, the progress of Fed balance sheet roll-off, and the paths of inflation and the Fed funds rate in a May 14 interview in Paris with Francine Lacqua, of Bloomberg Surveillance. Read More

Cleveland Fed President Loretta J. Mester said she favors slowly increasing interest rates while paying attention to incoming economic data because this approach balances the risks of inflation and recession while seeking to preserve the current economic expansion. Mester spoke in a November 9 interview on CNBC's Squawk Box Europe in London. Read More

Cleveland Fed President Loretta J. Mester explained why she thinks a gradual rise in interest rates is prudent in an August 25 interview with CNBC's Steve Liesman at the Kansas City Fed's annual conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Read More

Cleveland Fed President Loretta J. Mester discussed the importance of objective research and explained the Fed's commitment to community development in a June 23 interview with The Plain Dealer. Read More

Cleveland Fed President Loretta J. Mester answered questions about her education, her work as an economist, and a range of current economic issues in a March 2 discussion at Barnard College's Athena Center for Leadership Studies in New York. Mester is a 1980 Barnard graduate. Read More

Cleveland Fed President Loretta J. Mester discussed her views on the economy, monetary policy and Fed independence in a Feb. 8 Bloomberg Radio interview with Arthur Levitt, the former chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The interview was podcast on Feb. 10. Read More

Cleveland Fed President Loretta J. Mester talked about the December jobs report and her views on the U.S. economy in the year ahead in January 6, 2017 interviews in Chicago with Peter Barnes, of Fox Business, and Shayndi Raice, of the Wall Street Journal. Read More

Cleveland Fed President Loretta J. Mester explained why she thinks the economy remains on track for gradual interest rate increases in a November 16, 2016 interview at the bank with Reuter's Jonathan Spicer. Read More

Cleveland Fed President Loretta J. Mester discussed her view of how developments in the labor market affected her assessment of the U.S. economy and monetary policy with Steve Liesman on CNBC's Squawk Box on October 7, 2016. Read More

Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester discussed discerning signals about the economy from financial markets and other challenges of monetary policymaking in an interview with Elysse Morgan of the Australian Broadcasting Corp. on July 14 in Sydney, Australia. Read More

Cleveland Fed President talked about her economic outlook, U.S. monetary policy and Fed diversity in an interview with Wall Street Journal reporter Michael Derby conducted July 7, 2016 at the bank. Read More

Cleveland Fed President Loretta J. Mester talked about the U.S. economy, her view of appropriate monetary policy, and the regional outlook on Fox Business' Mornings with Maria on April 1, 2016. Read More

President Mester discussed the resilience of the U.S. economy, financial weakening in China and other potential influences on monetary policy in an interview with Bloomberg TV's Brendan Greeley broadcast January 4. Read More

September 30, 2015—President Mester discussed monetary policy with reporters from Japan’s Nikkei business news service and El Economista, a financial daily covering Spain, Mexico and other Spanish-speaking markets. Read More

September 15, 2015—The Pennsylvania Association of Community Bankers’ Transactions magazine interviewed President Mester about global economic volatility, redeveloping the rustbelt and the economics lessons that run through opera. Read More

January 2, 2015—Cleveland Fed President Loretta J. Mester said a number of different indicators show the economy is on firm footing, with progress on employment and downward pressures on inflation likely to be transitory. Read More